January’s collaborative tools training opportunities

Check out January’s courses available at no cost to all students, faculty, and staff. Visit SpartansLearn for more information and to register.

Featured Course of the Month 

Microsoft Teams – Getting Started

Monday, January 13, 1:30 p.m.

Teams is one of the best tools at MSU for effective communication and collaboration. Join us as we dive into the basics and share how to chat and host meetings with individuals, groups, and entire teams.

What participants are saying…

“The general overview of the Teams features, and functionality was so helpful. I loved the exercises that demonstrated the features so well.”

 

January Schedule

To register for the following virtual instructor-led training courses go to SpartansLearn.

SharePoint for End Users

Wednesday, January 15, 10:00 a.m.

Join our live training to unlock the power of SharePoint! Discover its amazing features, effortlessly navigate the platform, create dynamic lists, and master the functionality of document libraries. Get ready for an engaging and hands-on learning experience.

Outlook – Calendar Basics

Tuesday, January 21, 9:30 a.m.

Outlook is not just for emails! In this exciting course, learn how to streamline your workflow and schedule using the Outlook calendar. Set up an Out of Office email, share your calendar with colleagues, and schedule meetings with multiple people without breaking a sweat using the Scheduling Assistant and Polls tools. Outlook – Calendar Basics is anything but basic!

Microsoft OneNote – Getting Started

Thursday, January 23, 10:00 a.m.

Get rid of your traditional pen and paper and uncover features of the most versatile note-taking tool, OneNote. Learn the basics of OneNote, a digital note-taking app that provides a single place for keeping all notes, research, plans, and information.

Microsoft Teams – Working with Teams

Friday, January 24, 10:30 a.m.

This hour-long course is valuable to individuals, teams, and departments looking for a centralized hub for communication, file sharing, and collaboration. Learn how to request a new team or join an existing team, manage channels and tabs, and manage the team’s members, settings, and analytics.

OneDrive – Working with OneDrive

Monday, January 27, 1:30 p.m.

Expanding on the basics of OneDrive, learn more about this great storage tool. Discover navigation strategies, explore the desktop app settings and options, manage accessibility of files and folders, and more.

Can’t attend a live course? Watch on-demand anytime at SpartansLearn.

Monthly office hours are available for those with questions about content shared in the courses. Find the schedule at SpartansLearn.

All participants are invited to share anonymous feedback about their course through our End of Course Survey. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to help shape and inform our future offerings. Congratulations, Nancy Spitzley in MSU IT Data Center Operations, our quarter 4 drawing winner for completing an End of Course Survey!

For any other questions about technology training, please contact train@msu.edu.

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